This court certainly doesn't lack self-confidence. It's a conservative activism for the most part, but the justices aren't afraid to decide where the legal lines are drawn.

A.E. Dick Howard

Activism Confidence Conservative Self

Related Quotes

They are not often reversed. I think that's partly because the 4th Circuit is relatively conservative as the Supreme Court is coming to be.

— A.E. Dick Howard

Once we believe in ourselves, we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight, or any experience that reveals the human spirit

— E.E. Cummings

self-acceptanceself-confidence

This is the South Park generation. The conservative activism is fun, and it rings with the students in the same way that the left did in the '60s and early '70s.

— Matt Singer

ActivismConservativeFun

They are willing to test the boundaries of present U.S. Supreme Court doctrine.

— A.E. Dick Howard

DoctrinePresent

I think the document has to be read from a commonsense perspective. The constitution is not a suicide pact. In a sense, that has to be the answer.

— A.E. Dick Howard

ConstitutionPerspectiveSuicide